Bet on Basketball

Chicago is traveling to Houston to maintain its hopes for the playoffs after a moderate but unsatisfactory season start. The Rockets lost to San Antonio two days ago, mostly suffering from Yao Ming’s inefficiency against Tim Duncan, who dominated rebounds against the Chinese pivot. The Bulls, however, challenged Dallas but the lack of their frontcourt players’ scoring abilities left them unable to keep up with the Mavericks, who try to recover from the worst start of the season of the franchise in the last 20 years. Tonight’s game is likely to be a defensive game, but over 179 is a low limit considering Chicago’s scoring performance behind the arc.  Therefore, the pick is over 179 for 4 units.

Golden State is hosting the Sacramento Kings tonight after a marvellous win over Toronto on Tuesday night. The Warriors’ capability to reach 100 points in the games they have won is thanks to their fast gameplay. Playing mostly out of the paint, they resemble a team like Phoenix without Amare Stoudamire, the great pivot helping his team to dominate the “points in the paint” when he is in full condition. So, Golden State sees defense as “Plan B” in their home games, and their defence goes out the window. On the other side, the Kings will be eager to win this game. It is also interesting that they scored 115 against the Grizzlies last night. This game is expected to finish with over 198.5 points for 5 units.